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After taking the oath he said that process
is over my focus now is to be the best

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justice I can be even though Kavanagh's
on the court both parties see his

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confirmation battle as

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a major campaign issue in the coming midterm
elections to McGuire Washington and

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this is the way news u.s.

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Secretary of state might pump Ala has
called on Saudi Arabia to support

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a 3rd world transparent investigation and
to the disappearance of Saudi journalists

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. He was not and has not been
seen since entering the country's

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consulate in Istanbul last week

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a Saudi source at the consulate denies
that he was killed but Turkish police are

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quoted as saying that 15 Saudi nationals
arrived aboard 2 planes and entered the

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consulate at the same
time the case is also

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a Laurel Md Lynn most of the rights group
Amnesty International If the reports are

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confirmed that she was indeed killed and
we are waiting for the results of the

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investigation conducted by the Turkish
public prosecutor then this would be taking

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it to another level the continuing crackdown
on any part of the sense that's been

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going on in Saudi Arabia over the past year
the Saudi crown prince who saw. The was

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critical of told Bloomberg News that. He's
ready to welcome the Turkish government

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to search the consulate insisting
that there is nothing to hide

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a suicide blast in southern
Afghanistan has killed

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a parliamentary candidate along
with 9 supporters this is

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a day after the Taliban insurgent group
announced that it would disrupt the

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upcoming national elections with violent
attacks official said the bomber targeted

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a campaign office in the southern
Helmand Province there's

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a new effort to ease relations between
North and South Korean leaders view ace

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Steve Miller reports from Seoul
that involves clearing mines at

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a key battle site and preparation for

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a north south excavation efforts and
side the joint security area within the

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demilitarized zone the 120 member South
Korean team is removing land mines on the

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arrowhead Ridge or hill to 81 located in
China one some 90 kilometers northeast of

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Seoul is show you what if when you know

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a South Korean army commander told reporters
that the location where they were

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working wasn't a mine field where troops
buried mines on purpose because it was

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a battlefield during the Korean War He
expected to find several buried mines or

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unexploded bombs they had not been accorded
with. During the war Arrowhead Ridge

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was assigned to 3 key battles against
enemy forces it's assumed that he'll also

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contains the remains of more than $200.00
South Korean troops and several more from

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the United Nations command forces He also
explains that through October 29th Tina

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both Koreas will work to retrieve war remains
as part of an effort agreed to during

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the 3rd into Korean summit between North
Korean leader Kim Jong un and South Korean

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president moon g m m Tommy McNeill v.o.a.

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News.

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This is Africa news tonight on The Voice
of America. Good evening Nancy welcome

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to Africa news tonight from the English
to Africa Service of the Voice of America

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your source for Pan African news and world
developments I'm Kim Lewis in Washington

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and I mean he's who he been coming up on
Africa news tonight. To get back very

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highly political We'll look at some
point because. If you play the

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head of state you need that
form. To be a boat and

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a pump. That Dr we need Chiru technical
advisor for the Left Front protection

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initiative that will have full details on
this story coming up Nikki Haley resigns

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as president trumps u.n.

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Ambassador and the World Bank says Kenya
has made modest but sustained progress in

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reducing poverty over the last decade we'll
have these stories and lots more ahead

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on Africa news tonight.

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Authorities in Cameroon are appealing
for calm this after hundreds of youths

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marched through the streets of la noonday
celebrating what they called the victory

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of their candidate Damaris come tolls in
Sunday's presidential polls no results

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have been released yet from the election
in which 8 candidates challenge

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a longtime president Paul Bia Moki
Edwin Kenzie has more from day.

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Hundreds of young people demonstrating in
the streets of the couple to sing songs

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urging presidents barbecue step down to
sing that's the believe the country needs

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modest come jewel of the Cameron It
sounds movements party one Sunday's

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presidential election. The demonstration
began after come to declare victory in the

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polls without giving any election results
the ruling came in people's democratic

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movement organized in a news briefing
that was broadcast live on state t.v.

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To counter the declaration made by come
to practice and talk committee secretary

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general junk Witty said come to exploit it
the Navy of the Utes and send them into

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the streets in an effort to win power at
all costs. Accuse come to of breaking the

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law by announcing that he won the election
we increase our recent price and winning

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ition on worry in the 1st of
such irresponsible declarations

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that have no foundation then on doing
lead in it being too close and of

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a branding of the population to defend
an imaginary victory country is not

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the only candidates
claiming victory Bradley b.

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Of the opposition universe party amounts
he is leading the vote count opposition

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candidates got how many of the Alliance
for Democracy and Development Ses 2

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candidates wanted to create social unrest
to oust president's part b.-a who has led

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Cameroon for 36 years 2
candidates are in hurry to go to

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a duty not yet my dear friends not yet
letters went to bed this is on of course it

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is general counsel is no reason to go on
the streets don't as bright women tell you

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to offer you. A lecture on code states
election results are proclaimed by the

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Constitutional Council 15
days after the pools it's

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a bit early publication of results
government spokesman in such

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a rumor says sanctions are being prepared
for come to. Libby and anyone who takes

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it upon himself to
publish results there is

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a threat the threat of whom he does
own wise to describe the measures

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reach out already taken on we
too will be implemented in d.c.

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Need to be but I invite you as

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a citizen and love of your nation to stand
again this horrible statement measures

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will be taken without

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a very well but I did fish and so you will
notice that there are already taken some

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days poor was mobbed by low turn out
especially in the English speaking north west

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and south west of regions where separatists
fighting for independence are vowed the

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poles will not take please despite the
time when Bia one of Africa's longest

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serving leaders is expected to win
in the phase of a deeply divided

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a position. Malky a drink in the car for

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a very nice young won't be.

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The u.s.

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Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki
Haley today announced she would resign at

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the end of the year President Donald
Trump praised her work at the u.n.

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And in the administration Haley said she
was proud of her work and that now the

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u.s.

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Is respected internationally she thanked the
president and his family for their support

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she did not say what she planned to do
next however Haley did say she would

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campaign for Trump's

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a reelection in the 2020 election and would
not be running for office the always

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White House correspondent had she would
of course water spoke with our colleague

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Kate Dawson about this surprise announcement
Well what we know is that that was

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a very effusive send off from the president
and this is very different from the

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usual cabinet 2nd cabinet member leaving
his or her post President Trump spoke very

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highly of embassador Hayley and she and
he did say that you know she mentioned 6

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months ago that she was thinking about
taking some time off and basically we don't

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really know much about the resignation and
other than what was said today at the

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press conference which is

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a she's staying until the end of
the year and also that she is.

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Leaving not just for personal reasons
because her family is so supportive of her

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but she just said and I quote I know that
when it's time to step aside and she also

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want to make more to make sure that this
administration has the best person to

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fight this fight at the United Nations
so we don't really know what that means

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other thing that she mentioned was that she
believed in term limits and. She's also

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saying that she is not running in 2020 as

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a presidential candidate now we
know that as journalists whenever

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a politician says that they're not running
it just makes us want to watch them more

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because they always say that they're not
running until they do President Trump said

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that he will appoint

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a new successor in 2 or 3 weeks again
there's already so much speculation on that

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person as well what was her role
in setting porn policy as the u.n.

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Ambassador when the how he is certainly
someone that is very trusted in Tom circle

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and she's also widely regarded as one of
the strongest members of the president's

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foreign policy team and I would I do recall
that when she accepted the job as u.n.

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Ambassador she requests it specifically
to President Trump that she will be

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involved in policy and decision making
process and he did grant for that request

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but we also have to remember that she's

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a very early and frequent critic of Trump
on issues like racism on the Muslim ban

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we have to remember remember that she's

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a daughter of an immigrant for South
and that background me perhaps effect

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a world view and during
her one year one and

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a half years on the job she has repeatedly
spoken her mind in some cases quite

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against the president's policies himself
you know Ambassador Haley has visited

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Africa and was involved in

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a number of issues concerning the continent
was her stance on Africa seen as

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being different than that of the White House
I would say that her stance on Africa

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is different from the White House in the
in the sense that it is more nuanced The

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general perception is that the
Trump White House does not put

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a lot of emphasis on Africa does not see
Africa beyond the lenses of countering

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China's influence or helping in the fight
against terrorism or humanitarian aid

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which President Trump has proposed to cut
I think embassador how Halle's saw Africa

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as much more than this as we can see from
her op ed before departing on her 2017

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effort. And for where she
argued that the u.s.

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Interests in Africa are not just humanitarian
but also economic and strategic you

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would recall that Halle visited
Ethiopia South Sudan and the d.r.s.

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In 2017 to review u.s.

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Supported un peacekeeping mission there
assess conflict resolution in South Sudan

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and also delayed elections in
the d r c And she delivered

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a very strong message to leaders of
South Sudan and the d r c that the u.s.

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Would hold them accountable for their actions
so the general consensus consensus on

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Africa is that she redeemed previous gaffes
the previous missteps from Trump and

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the administration on Africa her stance
is definitely more nuanced I think

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she was able to translate

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a lot of the policy that was not very much
well articulated from the White House on

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on the u.n.

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On Africa as White House correspondent
Patsy. Speaking with Kate pound. The

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World Bank says Kenya has made modest but
sustained progress in reducing poverty

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over the last decade its latest report
says the share of the population living

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below the poverty line fell from
46.8 percent in 2005 through 2006 to

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36 point one percent and 2015 through
2016 from Nairobi Ruben trauma reports

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the international Linda sees progress
came mainly in rural areas where poverty

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levels declined from 50 percent
to 38 percent poverty incidence

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remained unchanged. Philippe Jaramillo
is there was bank Kenya country director

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Kenya's annual g.d.p.

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Growth rate has averaged 5.3 percent
this is the number significantly above

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the average for sub-Saharan Africa which
is only $4.00. When one of the truly

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important. Parts of this period has
been the remarkable expansion of

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telecommunications in more while financial
services which has shifted carriers

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economic paradigm to an extent in the
speed rarely seen in developing countries

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poverty reduction in Kenya is low when
compared with other countries in the

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Sub-Saharan Africa region
but not when compared with

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a lot me 2 income countries while Dwight
the senior water bank official Ses

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consumption has grown significantly among
households in the bottom 40 percent of

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the distribution and particularly among
the poorest of the poor at the same time

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Kenya has successfully recovered and whether
from some strong shocks the outbreak

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of political violence. In 2007 the 2008

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financial global financial crisis and the
very harsh drought that struck the Horn

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of Africa in 2011 which was then
aggravated by rising global

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oil prices however economists warned
that the East African largest economy is

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falling short as it is not on track
to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030

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manger mantilla He's an
economist at the water bank and

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a lead author of the report the difference
between the poverty rate in urban areas

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is basically no different from what
it was before but it has resulted in

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a. Urbanization of poverty the number
of women poor are increased by 1500000

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from 2300000 to 3800000 in 10
years Nonetheless the majority of

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the poor almost 80 percent still live in
rural areas so we must not forget about

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this and actions to help those people in
rural areas be out of be out of poverty

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she said inequality is rising in areas
within Nairobi poverty is highly

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concentrated in informal settlements where
living conditions are far wise than

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those in similar settlements in either major
African cities nearly I thought of the

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residents in informal settlements in the
Kenyan capital are poor compared to just 9

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percent of the population living outside
those areas Reuben viewing News Nairobi.

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Told from the border outbreak in the
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo keeps

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rising mostly in the city of Beni that
follows several days one health workers

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suspended activities due to

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a period of mourning and protests after
an armed group advanced into the heart of

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the city and killed 21 people the World
Health Organization reports at least

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115 people have died since the 1st case was
reported 2 months ago 5 deaths occurred

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Sunday the highest single
day total so far w.h.o.

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Says there are another $181.00 confirmed
or probable cases that the r.c.

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Health ministry says some of the deaths
include infected people who resisted

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treatment Emmet misinformation the North
Kivu provincial governor and 9 provincial

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laws. Makers have been vaccinated against
the disease to prove the vaccine is safe

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people also have resisted safe barrier
practices could have place traditional

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rituals in which survivors touch the body
of the diseased the health ministry says

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administrative measures will be
imposed when force compliance.

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You're listening to African news tonight
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20 past the hour here's

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a recap of our top stories authorities it
can be ruled out appealing for calm as

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the results of the presidential election
is being tabulated Nikki Haley resigns as

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Trump's u.n.

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Ambassador and the World Bank says Kenya
has made modest but sustained progress in

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reducing poverty over the last decade and
for more news and information visit our

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website at v.o.a.

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Africa dot com.

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African women conservationists across the
continent are taking the lead to protect

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elephants through the elephant protection
initiative also known as e.p.i.

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Women from various African countries are
working together to reduce the plummeting

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populations of elephants despite their
differing political and social environments

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while inspiring

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a new generation of conservationists these
women are pushing for the implementation

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of the National elephant action plans drawn
up by African governments to protect

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their elephant populations
the initiative will be

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a major player at the illegal wildlife
trafficking conference taking place in

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London October 11th and. Well Dr Wendy
curio is the technical advisor for the

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e.p.i.

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She spoke with me about the importance of
this initiative it brings together very

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high level political will for
Allison conservation because it is

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a presidential led initiative it brings
together heads of state in this us from

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Africa to speak about Elephant Conservation
The 2nd thing was important to set home

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4 years ago when it was touted it has been
able to good rule from 5 countries to 19

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countries in this country to present the
largest elephant populations in Africa so

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we have Kenya we have built
one now we have times on

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a mission to the south all countries
that have very like and it's simple

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permissions so when you bring to give of
that kind of power line and initiative

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political power I think that what
you're saying is that you can make

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a difference that's what the e.p.i.

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Hopes to do why have women taken on this
type of challenge I would say that in the

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consolation world not all there are many
women that have reason through the wrong

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farm policy and that look if you live well
I'm talking about some ministry or level

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technical advice or

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a level boots on the ground you know women
need security services and the reason I

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think is just the
realisation that wildlife

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a wildlife resource is everybody's business
everybody has just to have hung on back

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it is not culturally easy for women in
Africa to get involved in the field of

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conservation because by nature conservation
takes you away from home conservation

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puts you in dangerous situations in the
field conservation puts you at the table

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with

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a large percentage of men and for your voice
to be had you have to really be strong

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and so it is really moving away from the
cultural construct of the African woman

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why do we do that. Because we have to
because we must we recognize that our voice

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must be heard as far as conservation in
Africa scones and what progress are you

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making in getting the national Allison
action plans implemented nationally to fund

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action plans our vision fitting for
time to enough because it's been

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a long journey home when we 1st thought
about this national defense action plans

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because it's really 80 as

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a goal but after that came together and
thought we need some from for Africa's

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elephants It took a long time for
the countries to get to give

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a because they like to
come via coal they left

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a forum where they could focus clearly on
nationally to find out some plan when the

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elephant protection initiative came
to be it became a pia of e.p.i.

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To ensure that countries
develop nationally in

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a fun tough home front we have walked
slowly with members of elephant protection

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initiative and we're happy to say that
during this on the conference we have

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a package of 7 complete nationalism
runs by complete we mean an action plan

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with an implementation plan and

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a resource mobilization front when we
budgeted to the extent that any do not

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complete up the document pick up

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a few projects and pay out what this band
is it's important because it brings the

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whole of thought around and if I'm
conservation in one document you are there at

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the wildlife trafficking conference in
London so what are the expectations

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regarding putting elephant protection as

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a main priority they are the elephant
protection initiative was launched 4 years

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ago at the illegal wildlife trade conference
that was held in London the e.p.a.

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Was launched by 5 presidents now we have
19 heads of state and them in the so said

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health science of this initiative

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a good number of family will be present at
this conference we expect that when this

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kind of political will come by and we've

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a lot of global friends who are also going
to be in the. In France don't that's

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a tough historically supported end of
some protection we expect when we see how

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often to has to come together and the
pa why they've put behind Elephant

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Conservation the Vis is going to result
in resources that we by Billy needs to

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implement these plants. That was Dr Wendy
she's the technical advisor for the

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elephant protective initiative
she spoke with me from London.

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Uganda celebrates 56 years of independence
in his speech to mark the York Asian

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President Yoweri and was 70 touted some
of his government's ments in building

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infrastructure and pushing economic growth
he also said greater law enforcement is

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needed blaming crime on terrorists he
said those who criticize the country are

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jealous of its success however many in
Uganda say was 70 who has been in office

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32 years increasingly is trying to shut
down critics and the political opposition

00:25:06
lawmaker Robert chugger Lani popularly
known as Bobby wine is among them he told

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v.o.a.

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Yesterday there's really nothing to
celebrate because Ugandans are fighting the

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same battles that their forefathers
fought it to gain independence from Great

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Britain but the wind says Ugandans under
32 years of use of the new rule have been

00:25:29
marginalized in their
own country. And that

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wraps up this edition of Africa news tonight
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Cup champions Zambia is that

00:29:02
home against Guinea Bissau now in

00:29:04
a group Kate contest Guinea-Bissau now
in Mozambique currently top the group

00:29:11
standings each team has 4 points
from 2 qualifiers Zambia and Namibia

00:29:18
have $1.00 Mozambique will host Namibia
in the other group match on Saturday

00:29:25
and. The top 2 teams in the group will
qualify for next year's tournament in

00:29:31
Cameroon our Voice of America
football fans will remember Cameroon

00:29:38
2019 will be the 1st Nations
Cup expanded from 16 to

00:29:44
24 teams Meanwhile in by
here Dar on Wednesday

00:29:50
Ethiopia will play neighbor
Kenya in a group f.

00:29:55
Fixture now this is

00:29:57
a very tight group right now Ghana
Kenya and Ethiopia each have 3

00:30:03
points from 2 matches and Sierra Leone
is at the bottom with no points the

00:30:10
Leone stars of Sierra Leone are scheduled
to visit Guyana on Thursday but that

00:30:16
qualify. Ired to be played in commodity
is in jeopardy right now world football's

00:30:23
governing body feet 1st suspended
Sierra Leone 4 days ago for government

00:30:28
interference Sierra Leone has appealed
the suspension for reaction to the

00:30:35
suspension reporter Iron Mike in-born Yeah
I spoke with the sports editor of The

00:30:41
News Agency of Nigeria Peter Damian

00:30:44
a geo for it is already known to ban worse
because of government intervention it's

00:30:50
a good development for football in Africa
food book globally I said this because

00:30:57
government in their fair and side led to
crises in the money demand of football in

00:31:02
Africa in fact it's also responsible for
Milan ministration unaccountability in

00:31:07
a non share corruption is similar thing
almost happened to Nigeria on them but the

00:31:12
2 countries quickly obeyed the deadline
given by Fifa What do you fink African

00:31:17
countries should do to stay away from
governmental affairs and to save themselves

00:31:22
from 50 or so special African countries
should lend from these developments and

00:31:29
begin to walk for the financial independence
of the book of name bodies in the

00:31:35
countries where financial independence
issues of my land ministration corruption

00:31:41
are not contact Billy d.

00:31:43
Under law that issues that lead to
crises in football management would be

00:31:46
eliminated because do screwy state down
money in food bowl would want to ask

00:31:51
questions about how good ball is wrong too
I think that the 1st India should do is

00:31:57
to seek financial independence of the.
Governing bodies in the Al respective

00:32:03
countries if that is done those bodies will
now begin to get funding by themselves

00:32:09
I give you an example in Nigeria for
instance when my droopy Nick became the

00:32:14
president of the Nigerian Football Federation
he me. He didn't really said I had to

00:32:18
walk to get sponsors or Nigerian food book
we have examples in NY to go which is

00:32:24
sponsored by the energy company we
have Coca-Cola and we have seen his

00:32:30
administration attract

00:32:31
a lot of goodwill from companies here in
Nigeria for instance keenness who survived

00:32:37
us 2 I think he should walk for financial
independence once they secured everyone

00:32:42
that info's in place the you think various
governments in Africa will want to be

00:32:47
steamy we're in the role of football I mean
especially the continent do you foresee

00:32:51
that I don't care as long as I do want
to fund in full bore especially at the

00:32:57
national level I don't see them not
interfering because he would be easy by about

00:33:02
the days to tune so one thing we should
fight for East to make these bodies

00:33:09
independent good our own fortunes and run
for their own way on their own terms and

00:33:14
for Syria has received this if if I'm
now what do you think we should do to

00:33:19
overcome it it's very simple the shoot sure
that the president Johanson and he said

00:33:26
tree I restored to office I mean to

00:33:28
a lot of going to Shan sacrificed like
giving them access to administration access

00:33:34
to the premisses access to the bodies
accounts that's the only way they can get out

00:33:41
of anything fiber that's Peter Damian agio
for the sports editor of The News Agency

00:33:47
of Nigeria and Peter spoke with
reporter Iron Mike in Lagos Nigeria

00:33:55
I'm Sonny young and you're listening
to the Sunnyside of sports on the

00:34:01
Voice of America Liverpool teammates
Mohamed Sala and Sabio Manet

00:34:08
are the only African players on

00:34:10
a 30 min shortlist for the Bollen door
award which will be handed out by France.

00:34:17
Football magazine on December 3rd in
Paris Argentine superstar Li an elm

00:34:24
Messi and Portugal's Cristiana Rinaldo
have dominated the Bolland door over the

00:34:30
past decade and they're both on that 30
man short list the last player to win the

00:34:36
trophy before either Rinaldo or
Messi was the Brazilian Ca in

00:34:43
2007. Croatia and Ryall Madrid
midfielder Luca Mo Tritch is

00:34:50
also on the 30 man short list last month
Mo dredge was named fifo player of the

00:34:57
year at its awards ceremony in London
Luca mode bridge is one of 8 Ryall

00:35:04
Madrid players nominated for the Bollen
door the short list is compiled by the

00:35:09
editorial staff of France football
magazine with the winner voted for by

00:35:14
journalists around the world with one
representative per nation the Bollen door

00:35:21
has been awarded by the French
publication every year since 1956 and

00:35:28
for our video way football fans keeping
score former England international

00:35:34
serves Stanley Matthews was the very
1st winner of the Bollen doored

00:35:41
trophy this year for the 1st time

00:35:44
a women's Bolland or trophy will be
presented among the nominees are Brazil an

00:35:51
Orlando pride striker Marte who won
Fifi best female player award in

00:35:58
London last month I'm Sonny young
and you're listening to me side of

00:36:04
sports on the Voice of America.
Well sometimes football

00:36:11
is more than just a game it's

00:36:14
a way of life that expresses the true spirit
of the team and its community. That's

00:36:21
the underlying message behind Amy
Bass's new book one goal a coach

00:36:26
a team and the game that brought

00:36:29
a divided town together
it's the inspiring story of

00:36:34
a group of teenage Somali
refugees in the northeastern u.s.

00:36:38
State of Maine who joined the Lewiston
high school soccer team and overcame

00:36:44
prejudice and other obstacles to help the
squad when the 2015 state championship.

00:36:52
In her conversation with Vo ways Adam
Philips Bass said that one goal is

00:36:58
actually about 2 games games the game of
soccer the most global of sports but it's

00:37:04
also about

00:37:04
a very specific game that took place in
the fall of 2015 when the Lewiston Blue

00:37:09
Devils went to seek their 1st state
championship title in soccer with

00:37:14
a very different kind of roster tell me a
bit about Louis Louis to me and it was

00:37:19
a largely French Canadian town

00:37:21
a former factory town textile industry the
bottom fell out when factories closed

00:37:26
and moved out of the northeast so it was

00:37:28
a town that had seen better days
and in 2001 a couple and then

00:37:33
a couple 100 in the couple 1000 Molly
refugees found their way to lose didn't

00:37:38
taking advantage of the vailable apartments
that had the rates and good schools and

00:37:43
a safe community to begin to continue their
lives and raise their families in the

00:37:48
United States and some of these kids found
their way to the soccer team soccer is

00:37:53
a passion and this story is about his
coming together of community and family and

00:37:59
team in this quest for this state title
and what it means to this community and

00:38:04
what it represents you know community is
not just about statistics it's also about

00:38:08
a feeling a feeling of home and a
feeling of belonging and that's

00:38:11
a priority here since you said there were
lots and lots of growing pains at least

00:38:15
at 1st I mean it's hard to think of 2
cultures that are more different than Samoan

00:38:19
culture these people came from and they
needed to bring with theirs they founded

00:38:23
post-industrial Lewiston Maine you know I
mean on the internet this is very much

00:38:26
a fish out of water story you know people's
reaction is why are there Africans in

00:38:30
Maine it's such

00:38:31
a cold state it's overwhelmingly white state
in the early days you had moments like

00:38:36
when the former mayor wrote an open letter
to the Somali community saying you know

00:38:39
we support you please tell your friends
and family to stop coming weeks you don't

00:38:43
have anymore and so that's a painful moment
but it's hollowed by a coming together

00:38:48
a giant rally that the community puts
together kids. Sort of say No You know we are

00:38:53
many and we are one so there's something

00:38:55
a bit more to it than either the 2 groups
polarizing or sort of becoming one Hubba

00:38:59
Gini is a group without
distinctions it's really

00:39:03
a negotiation amongst different peoples
to to find a path forward and there's

00:39:08
a lot of culture clash but Maine is the
oldest median age in the United States and

00:39:14
q.

00:39:15
Have folks who are interested in laying
roots and raising families and having their

00:39:19
families raise families was

00:39:22
a shock me arm that Lewiston needed in terms
of attracting business and attracting

00:39:26
industry in the city that I hadn't
seen that for a very long time in

00:39:30
a state that doesn't see that of course
it's not really equivalent with both Lewis

00:39:35
and community and the Somalis had both
experiences drama and displacement the small

00:39:40
ways obviously because of war and famine
and cetera but the loosened folks had also

00:39:45
been through

00:39:45
a lot I could understand perhaps why it
least at 1st there might have been some

00:39:49
resentment against refugees lose them
has had decades and decades of white

00:39:54
intergenerational poverty as some of the
poorest neighborhoods in Maine and there

00:39:59
is that sort of competitive What are these
new people getting and I'm not getting

00:40:04
so all this is great back when it's know
about the growth in integration within the

00:40:08
Louis and high school I do there are lots
of reasons slurs and things that opposing

00:40:12
teams use but it seems like people got
together pretty well within Lewis in itself

00:40:17
family started coming on to the team
in the mid to early 2000 just a few at

00:40:21
a time and the book sort of details some
of those early players coming on in

00:40:26
different kinds of accommodations that

00:40:28
a lot of department heads think about in
terms of you know diet in Ramadan and how

00:40:32
to integrate players and create relationships
amongst players but slowly the Somali

00:40:39
players began to dominate the varsity
roster I know that soccer was in such

00:40:43
a huge deal and all of the moves to before
the Somalis arrived then began to really

00:40:48
shine correct Lucent said championship
Accutane. At the championship cheerleading

00:40:53
town and slowly soccer was becoming

00:40:55
a marquee sport they make it to the state
championship in 2014 they suffered

00:41:00
a devastating loss and you know the day
after that loss the next season begins

00:41:06
because they are determined that they're
going to be the ones to bring this city

00:41:11
its 1st championship in this sport and
it's really an all hands on deck kind of

00:41:14
effort he has

00:41:15
a high school coach is working but the
families and the supporters of the team we

00:41:19
see community organizations you know
Somali founded community organizations are

00:41:24
sponsoring soccer programs and
supporting youth and we see

00:41:28
a bridging of cultures amongst coaches
you know the longtime head coach of

00:41:32
a high school team hiring objects of our
Hersey the 1st Somali hired by the loose

00:41:36
an athletic department is the son of Bob
Dylan he is sort of the coach of everyone

00:41:41
in the city

00:41:41
a mentor of everyone so it's really about
thinking about what these kids in this

00:41:47
community bring to the game and it isn't
that soccer replaces hockey in this main

00:41:51
city it's that now it's

00:41:52
a hockey and soccer town that was
Amy bass author of one goal a coach

00:41:59
a team and the game that brought

00:42:01
a divided town together she spoke with
Vo ways Adam Philips and New York I'm

00:42:08
Sonny Young in Washington and you're
listening to the sunny side of sports on the

00:42:14
Voice of America.

00:42:32
My v.o.a.

00:42:33
Colleague when Newton joins us now with
some news about the Shanghai Masters men's

00:42:39
tennis tournament which is underway in
China sporty greetings. Sporty Greetings

00:42:46
sunny Argentine Juan Martinez Germany's
Alexanders the Vera. And defending

00:42:53
champion Roger Federer of Switzerland
are featured in the tournament. The man

00:42:59
Federer defeated in last year's
final is recovering from

00:43:03
a knee injury and is not there but he's
been replaced by Serbian Novak Djokovic who

00:43:09
on Tuesday defeated Frenchman Jeremy day
for the 12th straight time spoke after the

00:43:16
match and said he feels like
he's playing at top form. I

00:43:23
think.

00:43:37
That's pretty close to the joke of it's
played his 1st match on the a.t.p.

00:43:41
Tour since winning his 14th Grand
Slam title at last month's u.s.

00:43:46
Open and Tuesday's win marks the 14th
consecutive victory on the hard court said

00:43:53
after having surgery These
are good signs he's making

00:43:56
a full recovery very.
Beginning of the year.

00:44:18
Also in the spotlight but for

00:44:20
a very different reason Australian the
curios created controversy for 3rd straight

00:44:26
year in Shanghai going against an
Instagram message he posted ahead of the

00:44:31
tournament with the caption I'll be good I
promise on Monday curious faced American

00:44:36
Bradley Khan and in his defense curious was
good for about 30 minutes then early in

00:44:43
the 2nd said Curious with

00:44:45
a soft warning for what the chair umpire
called his borderline effort to which

00:44:51
curious. Reportedly responded I don't care
you have no right to tell me that it's

00:44:56
poor all timidly though his game unraveled
incurious lost his 1st round match

00:45:01
466463 Roger Federer has been an
outspoken critic of carious and in

00:45:08
a media conference ahead of his 1st match
Federer said whether or not Kerry is ever

00:45:13
reaches his full potential is entirely up
to him time will tell you know I think

00:45:19
he's

00:45:19
a great player. I feel also he can you know
bigger tournaments and do all these things

00:45:25
but there's still

00:45:27
a process in place that he needs to do like
any other player needs to go through to

00:45:30
be able to be successful Federer currently
ranked number 2 in the world is hungry

00:45:35
for a win following his
elimination at last month's u.s.

00:45:39
Open and he says he's ready to defend his
title in Shanghai feel like. I'm where I

00:45:45
want to be. I know this is
where I could be playing

00:45:49
a lot of tennis you know depending on how
I play so the. Shanghai is likely to be

00:45:56
Federer's final Masters great tournaments
of the year he said he has no plans to

00:46:01
play in the Masters $1000.00 tournaments
in Paris later this month and he says it

00:46:06
feels good to be in the season's homestretch.
Like this part of the season as you

00:46:12
know it's been always

00:46:13
a good season for me because this is going
faster I'm not sure if I have always

00:46:19
energy left in the tank or you
know it's helpful that I have

00:46:22
a home tournament the World Tour Finals
is where it is and on the surface it is

00:46:28
played on but I've been very successful.
For something similar again this year

00:46:34
Federer also spoke about

00:46:35
a match at the Sens and open last week in
China where Spaniard Fernando Verdasco

00:46:41
appeared to berate

00:46:42
a ball boy for not bringing him his towel
quickly enough video of the incident lit

00:46:48
up social media and followers expressed
their few. Yury over what they regarded as

00:46:53
for those intimidating behavior Federer
stopped short of criticizing for Das go but

00:46:59
called on tennis players to show their
respect for ball boys and girls Federer who

00:47:05
was once himself

00:47:06
a ball boy said although young helpers
understand the amount of pressure the

00:47:11
players are under it is
important that they too have

00:47:14
a good experience at tournaments on court
helpers handing players their towels

00:47:19
drinks than anything else they need is

00:47:22
a fairly new phenomenon not so long ago
tennis legends like American John McEnroe

00:47:27
and Sweden's Bjorn Borg had to take care
of themselves during changeovers and that

00:47:33
idea could be making a comeback next
month that next generation a.t.p.

00:47:38
Finals youth tournament in Milan towel
racks will replace ball kids at the end of

00:47:44
the court in one final bit of controversy
3 chair umpire is from Thailand have been

00:47:50
banned for life the umpires were found
guilty of match fixing and manipulating

00:47:56
scores at i

00:47:57
t f futures tournaments in 2017 the
tennis Integrity Unit released

00:48:03
a statement on Monday and mounting the
sanctions it said all 3 pirates have

00:48:08
admitted the breaches and the lifetime
bans are effective immediately and that's

00:48:13
all for me set me back over to
you Thanks Gwen that's my v.o.a.

00:48:18
Colleague. Sonny young and
you're listening to some

00:48:24
a side of sports on the Voice of America
an update now on the Major League

00:48:31
Baseball playoffs 5 teams remain in the
running for the World Series title in the

00:48:37
American League the reigning World Series
champion who stood Astros will play

00:48:43
either the Boston Red Sox or the New
York Yankees in the American League

00:48:48
Championship Series and in the national.
Eg the Los Angeles Dodgers will meet the

00:48:54
Milwaukee Brewers in the National League
Championship Series and the winners of

00:49:00
those 2 series will advance to the World
Series in results Monday the Astros

00:49:07
beat the Cleveland Indians 11 to 3 to
sweep that best of 5 series in 3 straight

00:49:14
games the Boston Red Sox Meanwhile
trounced the New York Yankees 16 to

00:49:20
one to take

00:49:22
a 2 games to one laid in that best of
5 series Red Sox 2nd baseman Brock

00:49:28
Holt was

00:49:30
a surprise hitting star in game 3 now Brock
didn't even play in the 1st 2 games of

00:49:36
the series and he became the 1st player in
Major League baseball postseason history

00:49:43
to hit for the cycle in a game that
is Brock got a single a double

00:49:49
a triple and a homerun to us Brock it was

00:49:53
a good night overall for everyone and like
I said you know this is this is why our

00:49:58
nor for

00:49:59
a long time and hopefully we can carry
this over Brock Holt and the Red Sox are

00:50:03
hoping to carry over their winning ways
in game 4 which will be played later

00:50:09
Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium in New
York in National League playoffs results

00:50:16
Monday the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the
Atlanta Braves 62 to win that series 3

00:50:22
games to one shortstop Manny Machado's
sealed the Dodgers victory with

00:50:29
a 3 run homer in the 7th inning.
I mean obviously the result of

00:50:34
a. Stick with the same approach much
changed. Thank you for yourself and

00:50:41
best to issue any changes. You know
may make our contact Manny Machado

00:50:48
and the Dodgers now travel to Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin where they'll play the

00:50:54
Milwaukee Brewers on Friday in game one of
the National League Championship Series

00:51:01
the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6
nothing on Sunday to sweep that series in 3

00:51:07
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00:51:44
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00:51:50
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00:51:57
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00:52:04
as it prepares for the big international
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00:52:11
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00:52:16
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00:52:25
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the lympics 18 year old Bumblebee whose

00:52:31
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00:52:33
a chef defeated 16 year old Martin Liz
June of France in the final and 17

00:52:40
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